The men’s decathlon at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships in Ostrava produced a close battle for the title. Belgium’s Thomas van der Plaetsen won with 8157 points, just five points ahead of Eduard Mikhan, while Mihail Dudaš
Damian Warner achieved the best time ever run in a decathlon with 10.15 seconds over 100m. He secured his 2nd victory at the Hypomeeting with 8523 points.
Damian Warner wins with 8523 points and my prognosis for the top three was a good one. Brianne Theisen-Eaton won the heptathlon, so this was a second edition of the Canadian Games!
There were stadium records in the decathlon: meeting winner Damian Warner equaled his hurdles best of 13.54 seconds on the new track, while Gaël Quérin from France added his name to the list of stadium record holders in the 1500m.
Kevin Mayer stood tall under championship pressure in London, securing decathlon gold at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics with a winning total of 8768 points.
Kevin Mayer won the 2018 World Indoor Championships heptathlon in Birmingham with 6348 points, edging Damian Warner by just five points (6343) while Estonia’s Maicel Uibo claimed an impressive bronze with 6265 points.
The weekend got off to a brilliant start with Damian Warner breaking the world record in the 100m decathlon in 10.12 seconds. Damian Warner won the decathlon for the fifth time in Götzis with 8711 points.
Kai Kazmirek of Germany won the 2019 Ratingen decathlon with 8444 points, finishing comfortably ahead of France's Basile Rolnin (8205) and South Africa's Fredriech Pretorius (7872).
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